Hard News
Black Monday in Iraq: '55 killed while almost
300 are injured' in deadly wave of bombings:
Officials said more than 30 bombings and a shooting hit
12 different areas of Iraq, leaving 55 people dead and making Monday the
country's deadliest day since March 19.
Nine people killed in Iraq attacks:
Nine people were killed on Tuesday in a series of gun
and bomb attacks in central regions of Iraq, security officials said, days
before the country is set to hold elections, dpa reported
Iraq executes 21 in one day over 'terror':
Iraq has put 21 men to death, a senior justice ministry
official has told AFP, the latest in a series of mass executions that have drawn
international condemnation.
Islamic State Declared in Syria:
Jabhabt al-Nusra currently administers various villages
and cities (such as Raqqa) through a manifestation of Islamist governance
embodied in shari'a councils, and if Jabhat al-Nusra is al-Qaida, then it's not
absurd to say that something resembling a rough patchwork of quasi city-states
has been established by al-Qaida in Syria.
We are All Osama: Jabhat al-Nusra Celebrations
for the Establishment of Islamic State in Syria - Video
This footage taken in the Latakia countryside and shows
the al-Qaeda group in Syria known as Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) repeating
slogans such as "Our way is Jihad!" and "Obama! We're all here
Osama"
Rebels push Assad's army away from vital north
Syria highway: opposition activists say:
The two sides are struggling for control of a highway
that serves as the main route into Aleppo, Syria's largest city, after President
Bashar al-Assad's forces broke through a six-month rebel blockade of two bases
near the road.
US sending weapons to Syrian "rebels":
Contrary to statements by United States
officials who claim they do not deliver weapons to militants in Syria, but
deliver only assistance in the form of "non-lethal" means, there is growing
evidence of the US complicity in transfer of weapons to terrorists operating in
Syria.
UK sends military aid to Syria rebels:
Britain will try to tear up the EU arms
embargo against Syria next month so weapons can be supplied to rebels in the
country, William Hague announced yesterday.
Syrian minister says UK and France are
'directly or indirectly' backing al-Qaida:
Faisal al-Miqdad attacks 'new colonialists'
providing support to opposition fighters in Syria
Jabhat al-Nusra, Ghassan Hitto Divide Syrian
Opposition:
Even before the "conqueror" Abu Mohammad al-Joulani,
commander of Jabhat al-Nusra, held up his hand to pledge allegiance and
obedience to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, the Nusra Front had already
completed its integration into the Aleppo and Idlib countrysides
Syria's Jabhat al-Nusra seeks direct
relationship with al-Qaeda leadership:
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi's announcement that his group had merged with the Syrian group
Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) marks a remarkable development in the modus operandi of
armed groups affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Middle East.
Former head of the UN monitoring mission calls
for imposing a no-fly zone over Syria. Video -
In an interview with the BBC, Major General Robert Mood
also backed the Syrian opposition's call for Nato's Patriot missiles to be used
to defend rebel-controlled areas of northern Syria
Video Shows Syrian Rebels Attacking Lebanese
Territory:
This following video, posted online yesterday, shows
what are claimed to be attacks on Hezbollah positions in Syria and Lebanon by
Syrian opposition members
Displaced Syrians being failed by foreign
governments, charity warns:
Foreign governments are failing to deliver the money
they promised for homeless Syrians fleeing the civil war, and this, rather than
lack of access, is the main reason for the massive shortage of aid, according to
the main volunteer agency in the country.
Syria's Assad reduces sentences for some rebels:
Syria's president on Tuesday slashed prison terms by
three quarters for an unspecified number of rebels convicted as "terrorists,"
state media reported, as rebels and troops fought fierce battles in the
country's south and north.
Belgium holds six suspects over Syria war
recruitment; -
Belgian police raided 48 homes across the
country on Tuesday and detained six men after a year-long investigation into an
Islamist group suspected of recruiting fighters for Syria's civil
war.
IDF Chief of Staff: Israel capable of striking
Iran on its own:
Gantz stated that the continued quiet in the
Gaza Strip "attests to Operation Pillar of Defense having achieved its goals",
and that Israel was not facing the prospect of a third intifada in the West
Bank. He also discussed the possibility that Israel would attack
Iran.
Film-maker captures Israeli spy chiefs' doubts
over covert killing operations:
"We are making lives unbearable," says Carmi Gillon; "We
have become cruel," says Avraham Shalom; "You can't make peace using military
means," says Avi Dichter; "We win every battle, but we lose the war," says Ami
Ayalon.
'France railway bans black workers amid Peres
visit';
France's national railway banned black workers
from the station where Israeli President Shimon Peres arrived to ensure that no
Arab workers were present.
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